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[AVG servicemen and personnel looking over Polikarpov I-16 (TsKB-12) aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of AVG (American Volunteer Group) servicemen and personnel looking over a Polikarpov I-16 (TsKB-12) aircraft (tail number T-6804), likely in Burma or China, circa 1941-1942. The emblem of the Chinese Nationalist Air Force is painted on the wing.

[AVG servicemen with Curtiss P-40 Warhawk] (Item)

Photographic group portrait of AVG (American Volunteer Group) servicemen with a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft, likely in Burma or China, circa 1941-1942. The aircraft is painted with the AVG's "shark face" nose art. Inscription on verso: "Bob Neale."

[AVG servicemen inspecting crashed Curtiss P-40 Warhawk] (Item)

Photograph of AVG (American Volunteer Group) servicemen inspecting a crashed Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft, likely in Burma or China, circa 1941-1942. The aircraft is painted with the AVG's "shark face" nose art. Inscription on verso: "RHN."

[Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft flown by fighter ace Joe Foss] (Item)

Photograph of the Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft flown by fighter ace Joe Foss, March 1943. Imperial Japanese flags representing Foss's aerial victories are painted near the cockpit.Inscription on verso: "Grumman F4F flown by Joe Foss in Bone Yard, March 19433."Included caption: "This Gruman [Grumman] was flown by Joe Foss. I took the picture in the 'Bone Yard' in March of 1943."

[WASPs and Boeing Company representative with B-29 Superfortress "Ladybird"] (Item)

Photograph of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewomen Dora J. Dougherty (left) and Dorothea J. Moorman and an unidentified Boeing Company representative in front of "Ladybird," a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, at Eglin Field, Florida, June 1944. The plane's designation is painted on the fuselage, along with Fifinella, a female gremlin designed by Walt Disney and used by the WASP…

[Townsend and Keifer at air base] (Item)

Photograph of Captain Townsend (right) and Sergeant Keifer (left) at an unidentified air base in Japan, April 1947. The plane behind them is a Stinson L-5 Sentinel of the United States Army Air Forces. Mount Fuji is visible in the background.Inscription on verso: "Capt. Townsend and Sgt. Keifer, operators of the Fuji Grand Hotel. They came out to the strip to see me the day I went up there to fly…

[Stinson L-5 Sentinel] (Item)

Photograph of a Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft parked in a hangar at Komaki Air Base in Nagoya, Japan, March 1947. The plane bears United States Army Air Forces markings and has "Fred's koibito" written on the nose.Inscription on verso: "L-5 stored in concrete hangar. 158th Liaison Sqdn. March 1947."

[Lloyd R. Lyckman flying Stinson L-5 Sentinel] (Item)

Photograph of Lloyd R. Lyckman flying a Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft in Nagoya, Japan, circa 1947.Inscription on verso: "Your 'Butch' on mission over Japan with Captain Metger taking the picture. Nagoya, Japan. 1947."

[Neuman, Kearney, and Ralph G. Strange] (Item)

Photograph of Colonel Neuman (right), Kearney (center), and Master Sergeant Ralph G. Strange (left) at Camp McNair, Japan, April 1947. A Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft is visible behind them.Inscription on verso: "Hold picture up to light and look thru the marked 'x.' They indicate the who's who. Col. Neuman, 5th Air Force Supply Officer. Civilian Kearney, Supply Superviser [Supervisor]. M/Sgt…

[Burroughs in cockpit of North American AT-6 Texan] (Item)

Photograph of First Lieutenant Burroughs in the cockpit of a North American AT-6 Texan aircraft at a Komaki Air Base, Japan, April 1947.Inscription on verso: "1st Lt. Burroughs, former Flight C.O. of the 158th Liaison Squadron. He also got transferred to the flight section at Komaki. Nagoya, Japan. April 1947."

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